Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/bruuʔ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/bruuʔ

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bruuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #182)

Compare Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru, “hill, mountain”).

Noun

*bruuʔ

1. hill, mountain

Descendants

• Katuic: *ɓruu (“mountain”) (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: [bruː]
  • Kui: [bruː]
  • Ngeq: [pruː]
  • Ong: [bruː]
• Vietic: *b-ruːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)